ESTIMATING GLOBAL ROAD FATALITIES

This report indicates that in 1999 between 750,000 to 880,000 people were killed in road crashes worldwide and 23 to 34 million injured. Officially reported fatalities underestimate the true extent of the problem and examples of under-reporting of road fatalities are provided. A crude estimate of accident cost suggests a total global figure of about US$500 billion (1997). Trend data shows road deaths continuing to increase in developing regions of the world but falling in the highly motorised countries of western Europe, North America and Japan. Pedestrians are shown to be a particularly high risk group throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East. (A)

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• Authors:
  • Aeron-Thomas, A
  • ASTROP, A
  • Jacobs, G
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 36 p.
• Serial:
  • TRL REPORT 445
  • Publisher: TRL
  • ISSN: 0968-4107

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crashes; Fatalities; Injuries; Pedestrians; Statistics; Trend (Statistics)
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 224: Cost; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 1733: Pedestrian; 6555: Statistics; 6515: Trend (stat)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00793078
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: May 31 2000 12:00AM